Latest Content for Old Mole Variety Hour

In this week's episode, hosted by Desiree Hellegers:  Laurie Mercier speaks to Ussama Makdisi, a professor of history and Chancellor’s Chair at the University of California Berkeley, whose research focuses on the cultural and political history of the modern Middle East. T... Read more

Desiree Hellegers speaks with Mike Horner, Harlan Shober, and Ted Dreier of PEST – the Peoples Equipment and Supply Team – about their wide-ranging organizing, from refurbishing a school bus into a mobile medical unit for Standing Rock, to projecting slogans on the sides... Read more

  The backlash against trans people, which has swept both the United States and the world in recent years, is not as new as it seems, according to historian  Jules Gill-Peterson. She traces the emergence of trans misogynistic violence over the last two centuries, which ... Read more

  Since early May, students on university campuses across the US have launched hunger strikes in solidarity with the people of Gaza who have suffered starvation after two months of Israel blocking food from entering the Strip. Strikers are using their bodies as a tactic... Read more

  Jon Nelson hosts this episide which includes these segments: U of O hunger strikes in support of Gaza:  Since early May, students on university campuses across the US have launched hunger strikes in solidarity with the people of Gaza who have suffered starvation after ... Read more

On this week's show, hosted by Desiree Hellegers, we bring you: Genocide in Gaza: On May 2, 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) concluded public hearings into what Israel’s obligations are regarding allowing United Nations agencies to work in the Palestinian ... Read more

  We share selected audio from a briefing on Social Security presented by Alex Lawson of Social Security Works for the group Radical Elders on April 10, 2025,  shared here with their permission.  Lawson explains how Social Security works, how and why it is being intenti... Read more

  Desiree Hellegers speaks with long time Portland Veterans for Peace organizer Dan Shea, and we hear audio of VFP organizer Mike Hastie at Chaddock's April memorial service,  as they reflect on the deep commitment to peace and justice that animated Chaddock's wide-rang... Read more

  Laurie Mercier speaks to Dianne Feeley, a retired autoworker and editor of Against the Current, about UAW president Shawn Fain’s disappointing embrace of Trump’s tariffs and the need for labor internationalism to strengthen workers’ power in the U.S. and across border... Read more